Summary
Morwenna is a 15-year-old Welsh girl and science fiction and fantasy fanatic, who speaks to fairies and practices magic. This, her fictional diary of events occurring during 1979 and 1980, begins after her twin Morganna has been killed and Morwenna has run away from her insane mother and been sent to a private girls' school in England by her estranged father.

Critique
This Hugo Award-winner is a mesmerizing coming-of-age story. Reader be warned: Walton name-drops so many science fiction books, you'll need a notebook to track those you'll want to read.